Last week it
was revealed that Gearbox Software has picked up the rights to HARDWARE:
Shipbreakers for release as Homeworld: Shipbreakers, a new installment in the
space-based RTS series.
Kotaku notes a
tweet by
Randy Pitchford we missed at the time (thanks nin) where the Gearbox honcho
reveals that this means this is no longer planned as a free-to-play game:

@Giolon With our investment, Homeworld Shipbreakers can be a proper commercial release. No need for F2P.